With three of the four ties in yesterday's standings having vanished, the leader board experienced a large shake up with many new names coming out of nowhere to capture the grand prizes. Our five winners listed below, along with their teams. Please contact [email protected] to let us know about your prize preference, or we will contact you shortly.

The five prizes are (which will be picked by the five winners, in order of their finish):

(a) Monroi Personal Chess Manager + Board Signed by US Championship Participants
(b) Kasparov vs. Karpov signed by Gary Kasparov to "A Good Guesser" + one year USCF membership or extension
(c) Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis cuff links + one year USCF membership or extension
(d) Marcel Duchamp: The Art of Chess signed by authors, Francis
M.Naumann, Bradley Bailey and Jennifer Shahade + one year USCF
membership or extension
(e) Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis mousepad + one year USCF membership or extension
1st Place: Orlando Gonzalez 66.0 Points

Congratulations to all the winners, and thanks to everyone who took the time to participate in the contest. I hope you enjoyed both the tourney and the contest, and I look forward to doing this again next year